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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Wake up to KONA hop with Amanda Murphy, Robert Kaufman and Aurifil as our sponsors….

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January 7th-21st

Yes here we are Day 1 of our Wake up to KONA…. A lovely way to begin our year with loads of colour and coffee…Ok, that is just me….

Amanda Murphyknows a lot about colour and coffee drinking. She sipped - wrote and designed quilts for Color Essentials that is filled with patterns that she created using Sunrise and Sunset bundles from Robert Kaufman…ohhhh and let's not forgetAurifilwhich is the thread that matches perfectly too….Yes it will be a year of colour… If you have been searching for inspiration on what to do with KONA SOLIDs…then you will be thrilled at what all of our ladies have been busy stitching...

And we love that you will be joining us…In fact today, we have quite a line up of COLOURFUL ladies who have quilted and sewed using only KONA SOLIDs….I know I am certainly ready to shed the greys of 2013 and burst through 2014 with COLOUR…..

Who is on our list to show and tell today?…. We limited our hops to a much more manageable list, so you will be able spend some time with them and cheer them on…. So please do, let them know how excited you are to see what they created…..

Big thanks toCarol of just let me quilt….who has managed this hop and sent out gentle reminders to keep this hop in particular running smoothly….ON the top right of this blog you will note the whole schedule on her blog… She is a lovely cheerleader who never disappoints, she fills our hops with humour, spirit and yes she cheers a lot….Isn't that what a great cheerleader does…..So let's check what Carol ( 1st one on the list) and the other ladies have created today….

Boy are there some really grand quilts to look at. Thanks for another great blog hop. What great giveaways! So many wonderful people to thank for this one, but wanted to thank you and Carol for putting this all together.

I have so many fat quarters in solids and I have been wondering what on earth to do with them - I'd forgotten about the book - I HAVE IT ALREADY! This is a nice reminder of how beautiful a solids quilt can be.

Oh, so many wonderful and awesome quilts today. Such a marvelous beginning of a blog hop with all that creativity. I love Kona Cotton with all the singing colors , but it is a pity that the Swedish quilters and the Swedish quilt shops not yet have discovered the fun to play with solid fabric. I had to order my fabric from US .

What a day. Two stunners!! All the quilts are lovely, but these 2, what can I say. I am so looking forward to seeing all the creations in solids. A nice way to start the new year. You have done it again!

Two awesome picks today. I had a feeling these two were going to be your choices today. I am always amazed by Greta's work and how she makes her quilts look three dimensional. I love Carol's quilt with the super bright, happy colors. Everyone did a great job on the first day. Looking forward to the rest of the hop.

What a wonderful start to the new year. Love the shorter list of contributers. It really helps when you work to have a few less stops that you really want to make and comment on. The top choices were spot on.

What a lovely start to the hop! And thank you for helping me push my boundaries a bit...a my house, solids used to be known as "the S word!" I'm quite enjoying my adventure with my Kona's and can't wait to show it! pbstrand@msn.com